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ORDINANCE IX OF 1979 ORDINANCE IX OF 1979 BALUCHISTAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORDINANCE, 1979 CHAPTER XI‑COMPULSORY FUNCTION OF MUNICIPAL COMMITTEES (C) Drainage 71. Drainage.‑(1) A Municipal Committee shall provide an adequate system of public drains in the Municipality and all such drains shall be cons tructed, maintained, kept cleared and emptied with due regard to the health and convenience of the public. (2) Every owner or occupier of any land or building within the Muni cipality may, with the previous permission of the Municipal Committee, and subject to such terms and conditions, including the payment of fees, as the Municipal Committee may impose, cause his drains to be emptied into public drains. (3) All private drains shall be subject to control, regulation and inspection by the Municipal Committee. (4) Subject to the provisions of any other law for the time being in force a Municipal Committee may by notice direct a commercial or industrial concern to provide for the disposal of its waste or effluent in the manner specified and failure on the part of owner, tenant, or occupier thereof to comply with such directions shall be an offence under this Ordinance. (5) A Municipal Committee may, by notice, require the owner of any building, land or an industrial concern within the Municipality ; (a) to construct such drains within the building or land or the street adjoining such building or land and to take such other measures for treatment and disposal of effluent as may be' specified in the notice ; and (b) to remove, alter or improve any such drains ; and (c) to take such other steps for the effective drainage of the building or land as may be so specified. (6) In case of failure of the owner to comply with the requirements of notice under subsection (5) the Municipal Committee may itself cause to carry out such requirements and the cost so incurred shall be deemed to be a tax levied on the owner of the building or land, as the case may be under this Ordinance.